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This lavishly illustrated book is the first to examine the significant contributions of John and Dominique de Menil to art, architecture, film, and the civil and human rights movements. The de Menils, who moved to Houston from France in 1941, amassed one of the world's great private art collections and became passionately involved in the cause of human rights.
The volume includes a discussion of the building of the de Menils' art collection; their patronage of modern architecture in Houston; their embrace of modernism; their leadership in Houston's civil rights movement and in human rights projects worldwide; their commissioning of works of art; their involvement in early film education and documentary filmmaking; and their establishment of the Rothko Chapel, the Menil Collection, the Cy Twombly Gallery, the Dan Flavin Installation, and the Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum. Vintage photographs, including those taken by Henri Cartier Bresson and Eve Arnold, previously unpublished correspondence with artists, and an illustrated chronology all add to this textured tribute to the de Menils' extraordinary achievements.
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About the Author
Josef Helfenstein is director of The Menil Collection. Laureen Schipsi is publisher at The Menil Collection.
Review
"Beautiful. . . . Art and Activism is an indispensable history of several pivotal decades in the development of Houston's art scene."—Douglas Britt, Chron (Douglas Britt Chron)
"Art and Activism represents the first publication to take a magnifying glass to the couple's pursuit over the course of half a century."—Steven Thompson, Culture Map (Steven Thompson Culture Map)
"[A] lavish tribute. . . . This model foundation publication documents and honors the de Menils' significant contributions. Recommended for those interested in modern avant-garde art and patronage."—Russell T. Clement, Library Journal (Russell T. Clement Library Journal)
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- PublisherThe Menil Collection
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0300123779
- ISBN 13 9780300123777
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages344
- EditorSchipsi Laureen
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Hardcover. A beige fabric casebound book. There is a dust jacket with the title in white down a gray spine. Pages: (10), 11-342, (1). Profusely illustrated with color images. Contents are as follows: Living to create : a memoir / Dorothea Tanning -- Aesthetics as a vocation / Pamela G. Smart -- On the nature of the de Menil Collections / Walter Hopps -- Two museums and two universities : toward The Menil Collection / William A. Camfield -- Living and learning with Mrs. D. / Suzanne Deal Booth -- Lessons in development : John and Dominique de Menil and the media arts / Gerald O'Grady -- The Menil advocacy for human rights : a personal account / Francesco Pellizzi -- John and Dominique de Menil and the Houston Civil Rights Movement / Alvia J. Wardlaw -- In good faith : remembering John de Menil / Deloyd Parker -- Losing one's head : John and Dominique de Menil as collectors / Kristina Van Dyke -- The Rothko Chapel : toward the infinite / Pia Gottschaller -- Regard the light : the Dan Flavin installation at Richmond Hall / Clare Elliott -- The Byzantine fresco chapel : Lysi in the art history of Cyprus / Annemarie Weyl Carr -- John and Dominique de Menil as patrons of architecture, 1932-97 / Stephen Fox -- Working with light : a portrait of Dominique de Menil / Renzo Piano -- The porosity of The Menil Collection / Richard Ingersoll -- Lightness and gravity : the Cy Twombly Gallery / Paul Winkler -- Matisse's Vence Chapel with John de Menil and Father Couturier / Christophe de Menil -- Dominique de Menil : sketch for a portrait / Bertrand Davezac -- From surprise to marvel : Dominique de Menil as curator / Simone Swan -- Memoranda : John and Dominique de Menil and the Dream of Black Mountain / Thomas McEvilley -- Mrs. D. and me / Mel Chin. VG/VG: Sticker on the dust jacket at the base of the spine. Stamp on front free end page. Stamp and due date card on back pasted end page. Seller Inventory # 203387
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